Comments | jonathan8: My new toy

jonathan8

My new toy

May 30, 2006 00:39

As you've probably noticed, I haven't updated in a while. Part of that was that I wasn't in much of a mood to do it. That's now changed. Another big thing has been that my laptop, which many of you know I've had a constant battle with for a while, finally gave out. So I needed a new computer, and things have been going well at work lately, so this ( Read more... )

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mattsledge May 30 2006, 04:58:17 UTC

www.freemacware.com - explore there first.

www.macworld.com

I found that I have no use for the dashboard/widgets. Most of that stuff I can get on the web or in the menu bar via addons - so for me I don't use it. Plus, it does use a bit of system resources.

moozeekfan May 30 2006, 12:12:26 UTC

versiontracker.com has a lot of good stuff, too.

mattsledge May 30 2006, 16:00:14 UTC

You'll also find that Firefox on the Mac is a bit of a memory hog, so if you can live without extensions, that's good. Safari is okay, but it lacks ... something.

I use Camino - http://www.caminobrowser.org/ - as my main browser. It's nice and speedy.

jonathan8 May 30 2006, 17:30:30 UTC

Thanks, I'll definitely give it a shot.

I downloaded Firefox already b/c it's what I'm used to (and love) and even I knew about Safari's limitations. The Camino website looked interesting enough for me to give it a shot.

One quick newbie question - is deleting something from the Mac as simple as dragging the program from the applications folder to the trash can, or is there something I have to go to like the "Add/Delete Programs" window in Windows to ensure that I've fully removed all the program's component parts from my harddrive?

mattsledge May 30 2006, 17:39:39 UTC

Just drag that app to the trash can, man! That's it. Really.

There WILL be some preference files left behind (in a seperate folder), but they aren't really needed by the operating system after the app gets trashed.

jonathan8 May 30 2006, 17:52:15 UTC

That's what I thought, but I wanted to make sure.

I love that.

buzzstein May 30 2006, 17:09:25 UTC

Would one of you crazy Mac freaks recommend him an instant messenger program that connects to AIM??

mattsledge May 30 2006, 17:40:26 UTC

iChat.

AIM is also available for the Mac.

A Trillian clone for the Mac would be Adium.

mattsledge May 30 2006, 18:17:29 UTC

Also, check out the forums here: http://forums.macmentor.org/

Perfect for Mac newbs... like you.

jonathan8 May 31 2006, 03:09:25 UTC

n00b!

Oh, wait...

mattsledge May 31 2006, 03:14:18 UTC

Heh.

Seriously though - you'll enjoy the Mac/OS X. It just takes a while to 'think' differently after switching.